[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR473.2]

[Page 508]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 473_AUTOMOTIVE PROPULSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 473.2  Definitions.

    For purpose of these regulations--
    Act means the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1978--Civilian 
Applications. Pub. L. 95-238, 92 Stat. 47.
    Advanced automobile propulsion system means an energy conversion 
system, including engine and drivetrain, which utilizes advanced 
technology and is suitable for use in an advanced automobile.
    Agency project means research and development under the Act by 
employees of a Federal agency furnishing assistance at the request of 
the DOE.
    Annual funding period means the Federal fiscal year during which a 
grant, cooperative agreement, or contract is funded by an appropriation 
under the Act.
    Applicant means any private laboratory, university, nonprofit 
organization, industrial organization, private agency, institution, 
organization, corporation, partnership, individual, or public agency 
other than a Federal agency.
    DOE project means research and development under the Act by 
employees of the DOE.
    Federal agency means an executive agency as defined by 5 U.S.C. 105 
(1970).
    Manager means the Federal program official who requests grant 
agreements, cooperative agreements, or contracts to be negotiated or who 
authorizes a DOE or agency project to begin.
    Notice of availability means a notice published in the Commerce 
Business Daily advertising the availability of a formal solicitation 
document to be issued for the purpose of inviting and setting guidelines 
for submission of proposals for research and development grants, 
cooperative agreements, or contracts.
    Research and development means activities constituting a project to 
create an advanced automobile propulsion system and does not mean 
activities involving technology transfer to mass production, evaluative 
testing, preliminary planning for a DOE or an agency project, or program 
administration and managment.
    Solicitation means a formal, written request for proposals to 
perform research and development under a grant, cooperative agreement, 
or contract, typically including evaluation criteria and a statement of 
the work to be done.